MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. Gazprom has increased natural gas supplies to the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics on request from Ukraine’s national energy company Naftogaz, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said on Friday.

"In accordance with an application from Naftogaz of Ukraine, Gazprom has today increased gas supplies to Ukraine, including through the Prokhorovka and Platovo gas metering stations," Miller said.